World through the aperture

A general view shows the IFC (International Finance Center) building (L) towering over piers as storm clouds cover Hong Kong's tallest building, the International Commerce Center (above cruise ship, R) before heavy rain on March 6, 2019. (Photo by AFP)

A selection of photos shot recently from around the world:

A pair of Peregrine Falcons perch on a branch along the Palisades Cliffs above Hudson River in State Line Lookout Park in Alpine, New Jersey, the US, on March 4, 2019. (Photo by Reuters)Two Lebanese men fish in the port city of Tripoli, north of Beirut, Lebanon, on March 6, 2019. (Photo by AFP)Afghan car wash workers wash a car next to Shuhada Lake in Kabul, Afghanistan, on March 6, 2019. (Photo by AFP)People play in a maze built by farmers Clint and Angie Masse in St. Adolphe, Canada, on March 3, 2019. (Photo by AFP)A student from the General Yermolov Cadet School performs with models, in Stavropol, Russia, on March 6, 2019. (Photo by Reuters)A man looks at Venezuelan bolivar notes hung to resemble a tree, in Caracas, Venezuela, on March 6, 2019. (Photo by Reuters)An Indian man drives a rickshaw next to a slum area near high-rise residential buildings amid heavy smog in Gurgaon, India, on March 7, 2019, a day after it was placed top of a report on the world's most polluted cities. (Photo by AFP)Yashin, a one-year-old Himalayan bear cub, plays inside an open-air cage as he wakes up after winter hibernation while his mother still sleeps at the Royev Ruchey Zoo in Krasnoyarsk, Russia, on March 5, 2019. (Photo by Reuters)